Sheer Glamour

This is 'Special Appearance' Violet Waters and is the only Ashton Drake Violet that I have kept. She does have a beautiful hair-do (40s rolls) and face and I must get her a new 'Wu' body sometime.

I always seem to want to dress Violet in gowns and do not have any photos of her in anything other than gowns so I must try to take some of her looking more casual.

This gown is a Tonner gown from one of the very first Sydney Chase dolls called 'Sheer Glamour' and I think the pale yellow looks great against Violet's skintone. Tonner do have some nice gowns and I still have about five of the earlier Sydney Chase dolls that I can't part with. I think the later Sydney leaves a lot to be desired though!

'Special Apperance' Violet is modelling the Tonner 'Sheer Glamour' gown, opera-length gloves and heels (not seen). The microphone is from the Ashton Drake 'USO' accessory set and the white mink stole is by Dimitha.

The Prettiest Star

This is one of the first images that I took of my Sybarites that I liked... it must be about 10 years ago at least and even though the 'quality' is not very sharp, I do still like the image. The model is one of my favourite Sybarites, 'Summer' so that probably has a lot to do with it and I also like the aqua/magenta colour mix. The wig is any early attempt by myself of a 'Headskin' with the silver staple 'hairclips' inspired by a doll (Rosette) from the 'Flowers of Romance' Chalk White Collection of 2007, which sadly, were way out of my reach. I am now lucky to have a few 'Headskins' from Superdoll and needless to say, the quality and fit is far superior!

'Summer' is modelling the dress, necklace, bra and panties from 'Limousine', 'Ultra' heels and bag, rhinestone drop necklaces from 'Celery' and 'Catnip' all by Superdoll. Magenta pink fur boad by Dimitha, 'Frostfire' necklace and rhinestone cuffs by Facets, rhinestone necklace used as headband by Tonner, chaise and leopard-print fur rug from ebay, sequinned cushion and rhinestone star headband by Doll-scum. 'The Prettiest Star' title inspired by the incomparable David Bowie.

Happy 20th Anniversary Miss Marshall

Wow! It is hard to believe that Miss Gene Marshall celebrates her 20th Anniversary this year! Although she was launched in 1995, it wasn’t until 1999 that I discovered her (doll collecting is not as popular a hobby in the UK as it is in the US!) and subsequently fell in love with her. It is a love affair that has endured from the Ashton Drake era through to Integrity and now Jamieshow (although I am finding it hard to like the face of Jamieshow Gene – sorry!)

She was the first l5” fashion doll, spawning a long list of copycats and wannabes, but she is tougher than she looks and has survived and flourished against all odds … she is a legend!

Happy 20th Anniversary Gene and many more to come!

‘Blue Parasol’ Gene from Integrity, is modelling a gown that I know nothing about unfortunately as it was a prize. 'Frostfire' necklace and diamante cuffs by Facets, mink stole by Dimitha and earrings and chandelier by Doll-scum.